contemporary binding
1. A bookbinding produced immediately following
the printing of the book; or, before 1700, a
binding in the style of the decade or even the
quarter century. 2. A new binding of an old book
done in such a manner as to appear
contemporaneous, to a greater or lesser degree,
with the original binding, or one of the binding
styles of the time when the book was published.
Contemporary bindings of this type, while not
creative or imaginative, are not unethical
provided no attempt is made to disguise the fact
that they are new bindings of older books. (373 )
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